**CAPTAINS COURAGEOUS.** Top sailors in the Hull Yacht Club’s recent Scorpion Bowl races include optimist green fleet winners Ethan Murphy of the Winchester Boat Club, Colin O'Brien of the Cottage Park Yacht Club, and Caroline Egan of the Hingham Yacht Club [Below right]. ABoVE, Kai Bucklen, who sails out of Hull Yacht Club, came in first in the Optimist Championship blue fleet, as well as first overall in the Optimist Championship line. He is holding the flag and flanked by the other Optimist Champ winners. In the larger group BELOW, the winners of the 420 fleet pose with their awards and class flags. [Skip Tull photos]

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• News from the Hull Yacht Club: A season-high 23 boats hit the line Thursday, July 26 evening under a clearing sky with variable winds. Tom Monti and the Race Committee had a tough job setting a square course but managed to get in two races in challenging conditions. An outgoing tide didn’t help, as many boats were pushed over the line early forcing multiple general recalls. On the bright side, there were a bunch of practice starts in a crowded fleet, which will pay dividends in the nationals later next month. The fleet welcomed newcomer Chris Kostyla sailing Outlier on the course for the first time this season. Joe Berkeley and Dave McGrath on roger that!, along with Steve Clancy and Meredith Richardson on Razzmatazz battled it out, while Dave and Melissa Nelson were close behind on Tough Cookie. Bill Bradford on Full Circle was right behind Tough Cookie and secured a fourth place for the evening. The combination of Maureen and Sydney Hebert in Fandango scored sixth in the first race, which may make it tough for Mike to get back on the boat. Lindsey and Carly on Rebel Girl turned in a fine performance, while Oakie Dokie continued to move up this season.

• U12 Baseball defeated Norwell, 13-11,on Tuesday, July 23. Christian Silva had a home run, double, and single, and Dom Ramos had three doubles. The team came back to win despite trailing 11-5 in the fourth inning. The Pirates got on the board in the bottom of the first inning after Billy Littlefield singled, scoring one run, and Christian Silva homered to left field, scoring two runs. They added one run in the second when Henry Littlefield singled , making the score 4-0. The Pirates went ahead 13-11 in the bottom of the fifth after a steal of home scored one run, a Dom Ramos double scored two runs, and Jacob Goodrich drew a walk, bringing in one run. Will O’Connor pitched two innings of scoreless ball in relief. The next day, the team defeated East Bridgewater, 9-3, thanks to seven runs in the fourth inning. Nicholas Mihal tripled, scoring two, Billy Littlefield tripled, scoring one, Chase Silva singled, scoring one, Gavin Griffin singled, scoring two, and a steal of home scored one run. Dom Ramos pitched four innings in relief, striking out nine. Will O’Connor allowed zero hits and zero runs over two innings, striking out five. Despite trailing by as many as four runs, the Pirates rallied to defeat Scituate, 8-6, on Friday, July 26. The team got on the board in the second inning when Nicholas Mihal walked ahead of Chase Silva home run to centerfield, scoring two. Scituate flipped the game on its head in the bottom of the third, scoring six runs on two hits to take a 6-2 lead. The Pirates jumped back into the lead in the top of the fifth inning after Evan Doyle doubled, Alex Provost doubled, and Christian Silva singled, each scoring one run. The team totaled 12 hits in the game.16U Baseball improved to 7-1 over the weekend, beating Middleboro, 5-2, on Friday, July 26, with only eight players able to make the game. Hull had to play with only two outfielders and was still able to prevail. Jack Gagne drove in four runs on three hits to lead the Pirates past Pembroke, 14-0, on Saturday, July 27. The team won thanks in part to nine runs in the fifth inning. Liam Conneely doubled, scoring one, Brayden Roberts singled, scoring one, Gagne singled, scoring two, Will Kenerson singled, scoring two, and Christian Truglia drew a walk, scoring one run. Hull tallied 14 hits in the game. Roberts, Gagne, and Conneely each collected three hits. Kenerson had two hits in four at-bats. Conneely started the game pitching, with Logan Griffin catching. The starting pitcher surrendered two hits and zero runs over five innings, striking out eight and walking six. The team showed solid defense, with Max MacEachern and Jack Gagne turning a double play in the game and Christian Truglia, Landon Lepenven, and Matt Kraus tracking fly balls in the outfield. The Pirates welcome Pembroke to Hull at L Street at 6 p.m. on Friday, August 2 in the next game.

**SETTING SAIL.** The Hull Yacht Club's Scorpion Bowl Junior Regatta has been growing in popularity, and this year set a new record with more than 120 boats and 160 sailors from a dozen yacht clubs from all over Greater Boston area. Sailors ranging in age from seven to 16 years old competed in two days of racing in Optimist and 420 sailboats. [Skip Tull photo]

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